Sharing wisdom that comes from parenting our parents
Funny how we never seem to outgrow the competition we develop with our parents. Not always an overt or aggressive style of action but a quiet determination to somehow undo in your life what they had carried over from their life. To undo the corruption of an otherwise perfectly serviceable set of personal traits. I …
Denial is such a handy response to Life’s challenges. I’ve used it in any number of situations. Probably overused it. Guess that makes me human. Good to know. Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross discussed the all-too-human reaction of denial as the first step in our processing of grief. I have found that this model also holds true …
As the light starts to glimmer in this tunnel called the pandemic, I am finding many of us changed by the experiences of the last year. Some of us are still frightened to death of being frightened to death, and some of us now see the world differently from before the beginning of the journey. …
Sometimes personal growth comes from caregiving. Sometimes this growth is from the effects of loss.And sometimes it is just all of the above. We’ve all had our heroes. Attitudes and personality traits that I once admired in my childhood mentors have been coming back to me in funny ways. Those role models all had a …
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